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PTDA elects 2013 leadership at Industry Summit.

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November 21, 2012 -
At Industry Summit in Dallas, Texas, PTDA elected its 2013 Board of Directors, including Chris Bursack of ISC Companies, Inc. as President, succeeding Mitch Bouchard. Board will also include First Vice President Ken Miko, Second Vice President Harold Dunaway, and Treasurer Keith Nowak. For PTDA Manufacturer Council, association elected Michael Dolpp as PTDA Manufacturer Council chair, Brian Kolman as Vice Chair, and George Rizza as Immediate Past Chair for 2013.

Bursack has been active in PTDA since 2005, when he joined the PTDA Marketing Committee where he worked on projects such as the Engineering and Logistics Value Calculators. He joined the Board of Directors in 2009.

"It is my distinct honor to serve as the 2013 President of PTDA. Now that we've rolled out a brand-new website, and as we move into the second year of our revised strategic plan, we hope to continue to grow membership and engagement by all our members, and look forward to some great new programs in the months to come," said Bursack.

"It's a real honor to be working with my business colleagues through the Manufacturer Council," said Dolpp. "I'm excited to be the next Manufacturer Council chair for PTDA because there's not a better place to understand the power transmission/motion control distribution channel than through this organization."

Founded in 1960, the Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) is the leading association for the industrial power transmission/motion control (PT/MC) distribution channel. A U.S.-based trade association, PTDA represents 171 power transmission/motion control distribution firms that generate more than $11 billion in sales and span 3,400 locations in the United States, Canada and eight other countries. PTDA members also include 183 manufacturers that supply the PT/MC industry.

PTDA is dedicated to providing exceptional networking, targeted education, relevant information and leading-edge business tools to help distributors and manufacturers meet marketplace demands competitively and profitably. For more information, visit www.ptda.org .